San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-08-10

more owing TO inheritance and the climate,
united 10 perfect health and phenomenal
cleanliness, than 20 the lotion. Yes, the lotion
had something to do with IL; but anybody
can test for themselves how much.
There never was any secret about its COM
ponents II was made from lotus water and
the sdipocere OF a rabbit, which was a symbol
Of the air. The bath had phallic meaning
and was the survival Of some phallic worship
II was the marriage of air and water, through
the lotus. The trouble was 10 get tho adj
pocere. None but the Memphian and Salsan
priests knew how 10 convert the dead rabbit
into adipocere. This secret they kept, and to
this day II is not known how thcy did II, al
though there are a dozen ways now by which
it can be done. The lotus water was made by
distillation, as rose water is now made, aud
was in as common use among the Egyptian
women rs rOs0 water is with the American
The adipOcere was prepared in some way by
which the sacchRTized oil was extracted, max
ing IL identical with our glycerine, by Temov-
ing the waxy portion Of the fatty matter
II the bath was used by any Of the Byzantine
empresses, they probably used the adipocere
known TO them, which was not of rabbit, but
Of human beings and horses. II could not
have been unrefined. and mixed with lotus
water in the waxy state. II was better than
nothing, perhaps.
allow Is all this knowni Liebig took the
trouble to verify it, to settle the disputes about
the TRANSACTIONS. Lotus water is easy enough
to get, as it Is a regular preparation in tho
east for the skin, corresponding TO Florida
water and bay rum with us. He took the
trouble to make the bath first with rabbit adj
pocere, and then with the refined product, its
sweet oil, so that he obtained the identical
bath Of Isis l have full account of il
somewhere, and Of his report. He gave it to
his friends to experiment with, and they found
the former good and the latter excellent He
afterward made it from our rose water and
glycerine, and this was much better than
either Of the others. We do not know much
more about astronomy than the Egyptians, il
we know so much, but in chemistry we beat
them out of sight.
"The proportionsl They vary To keep
the skin soft, one-third Of glycerine to two
thirds Of rose water, and this was probably
the proportion in the bath Of isis as its
symbol was thus divided; but Lebig's ex-
periments showed that half and half were
about the proper proportions when bringing
the skin into condition. He made eight COM
binations, each of different proportions, and
the simplest was the best.
"Of course | use it. Ten cents worth lasts
me a month, as | Use 1t only on my hands and
at night. You see for yourself how tran
sparent and white and soft it keeps the skin.
Mine is merely five cents worth Of the rose
water Of commerce made from four drops of
rose oil to an ounce of distilled water) and
five cents worth Of ordinary glycerine, but
by using the genuine rose water made by
distilation and the chemically pure glycerine
obtained by a second refining which cannot
be had at every druggist's-you will get a
m h better article that the bath of Isis
eN was.
ats commercial side never struck me, but
] do not think there is a commercial side. 1t
is known TO all scholars and to all chemists
1t is now the base of all lotions used for the
skin. The refined Egyptian rabbit adipocere
is our glycerine. Rose water is preferable to
lotus water, but you can use either-both are
common. Every woman uses rose water and
glycerine, and the majority use them to-
gether. Very few women know where the
use began-I think this lotion is alluded 10 in
the oldest book in the world, now in the
National library in Paris-I mean the one
written by Prince Hotep and taken from his
coffin after it had lain beside him for over
$500 years. but this is because no one cares
SO long as the lotion serves its purpose. y
New York World.